Tying strand or strip



April 1933- A. FREYDBERG TYING STRAND 0R STRIP Filed Jan. 17. 1951 IN VEN TOR, 445v fiwrpafm ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 25, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AARON FBEYDBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FIREYDBEBG- BROTHERS, INCL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TYING STRAND OR STRIP Application med January 17, 1931. Serial No. 509,525.

strip or This invention relates to a tyirag s of packgifts, and in the cases of certain kinds of merchandise such as confections, for example, it is highly desirable to use a tying element possessing qualities and characterlstics which give the package an attractive appearance and yet 'the tying elements must be capable of being tied in a knot and should possess sufilcient strength to enable handling of the gift, package or merchandise. Many manufacturers imprint their name or advertisin matter on the ribbons of various materia, usually textiles, as such IlbbOIlS are the most widely used due to the fact that the are available in various materials, colors, an usually possess the required strength. Substitutes for textile ribbons have been suggested and tried but not with complete or entirely satisfactory success due largely to the fact that such substitutes as have been proposed heretofore are not readily tyable in knots and are not susceptible to imprinting of advertising matter.

This invention provides a novel and hlghly desirable tying element embodying and possessing the desirable qualities and characteristics of textile ribbons and certain advantages thereover which will become apparent during the course of the detailed description.

One of the principal advantages of this invention is the great saving in cost and labor in the production of the article.

In the accompanying drawing the tying element is shown on a greatly enlarged scale as the material is so thin that clear illustration on an exact scale would be practically impossible.

Fig. l is a perspective View of a spool with the tying strand or strip wound thereon and held in position by an adhesive element.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one form of the invention with a portion of the element in elevated position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. 2 showing another form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of another form of the invention. 7

Fig. 7 is a central vertical sectional view through Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is a central vertical sectional view of a modification of the form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a spool upon which is wound a tying strand or strip 11 embodying my invention and which is held in wound position on the spool by the adhesive strip 12, one end of which is secured to the end of the stripll after which it iswound around on the strip and secured by an adhesive agent thereon against a portion of its own surface. This figure merely illustrates how the strip or strand can be applied in the same manner as a textile ribbon to a spool for convenient merchandising.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the strip 11 comprises a sheet of flexible transparent material such as celophane which is folded upon itself to form a 3-ply flat, flexible, transparent tying strip. An adhesive agent is applied between the folds as at 13 to hold the adjacent surfaces of the folded portions tightly together. .1 preferably employ a transparent adhesive agent in the production of a transparent tying strip.

I have found in practice that the strip produced in the manner just described is ver flexible and surprisingly tough. It will be noted that although two of the plies of the flat flexible transparent tying strip are rigidly held together by the transparent adhesive, the other plies are not adhesively connected together and as a result may slip relatively 7' made acts as a protective me determine the exact amount of wei ht which the strip will support, I am sat ed that it will serve all of t e purposes for which decorative ribbons and advertising ribbons are now used.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, the strip 14 1s the same in character and construction as that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, but in this embodiment of the invention a flexible strip 15 0f tissue or other aper or material is mserted between two of the folds of the strip 14. This embodiment of the invention affords the manufacturers means of exhibiting thelr name or other advertising matter by pnntmg the same on the insert 15, it being understood that the ver thin and transparent material from whic the incasing strip 14 is ium for the rinting or printedmatter which shows cleary therethrough. In this embodiment of the invention the strip 15 gives added strength to the, tying strip or strand in proportion to its own strength, which can be varled by the choice of the material used.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a modification of the invention in which the flexible transparent sheet is folded over two parallel threads 18 with the fla s 19 incasing and holding the threads in p ace along the marginal edges of the tying strip. The flaps 19 are held to the face of the strip 17 by an adhesive as described in connection with Fig. 2. This form of the invention affords a very novel and attractive tying element as there is a wide field for selection of colors either blending or contrasting in the cords and the strip material, so that very artistic effects can be had, it should be apparent that the cords will impart to the tying element great strength without affecting its flexibility and adaptability to tying1 In Fig. 8 I have s own a modification resembling a combination of all of the other figures in which the transparent flexible material 20 is folded twice with overlapping portions similar to the construction of 1g 2 and with reinforcing or decorating threads 21 similar to Fig. 6. I wish to call attention to the fact that it is possible to insert any desired number of threads in any desirable relative positions to produce'various efiects and designs.

In every form of the invention above described, it is possible to vary the number of folds to more or less than those shown and to produce the tying strip in sizes and dimensions suitable to a required purpose.

While I have herein referred specifically to a product known upon the market as cellophane, which is a trade name for a well known material, having a cellulose base, I wish to be understood as not limiting myself to this articular material, as other materials of a l' e nature, and which may be transparent or semi-transparent, may be employed for the purpose, without departing from the spirit 0 the invention. I refer to employ materials of the kind stated and which may clear or colored.

I have found very artistic and attractive eflects may be secured by employin a strip and a,filler of contrasting color or co ore, and this I consider to be an important feature of the invention. These artistic effects are due, in part, to the color or colors, and in part to the effect groduced by the transparent nature of the fol ed outer sheet, for example, when a sheet of clear transparent materlal is employed for the outer s set, and the filler consists of white sheets, the finished product has a silver like appearance.

Various other effects may be produced where the outer sheet is tinted one color, and the filler has a different or contrasting color, and where threads of various colors and combinations of colors are used.

Iclaim:

1.. As a new product of commerce, a tying strand consisting of a flattened cylinder or tube formed from flexible transparent sheets of s nthetic cellulose material, substantially onealf of the wall of said tube being formed of a single layer of said cellulose material, and substantially the other half of the wall of said tube being formed by a double layer of said cellulose material separated by a thin layer of transparent adhesive material, the said tube or cylinder being flattened so that a strip will be formed, one side of which will consist of the single layer of material and the other side of which will consist of the triple layer of material, the inner walls of said tube or cylinder being substantially free of adhesive, so that when the tube or cylinder is flattened they may readily slip relative to each other.

2. The strand of claim I in which a fibrous material is centrally positioned within a flattened tube or cylinder and cpntacts with the middle portion of the inside face of the single wall, and with the central portion of the in ner face of the innermost member of said triple wall.

3. The structure of claim 1 in which threads of fibrous material are enclosed within the flattened tube and extend longitudinally along its opposite edges.

4. As a new product of commerce, a tying strand consisting of a flattened cylinder or tube formed from flexible transparent sheets of synthetic cellulose material, at least onehalf of the wall of said tube being formed of a single layer of said cellulose material, and substantially the remaining portion of the wall of said tube being formed by a double layer of said cellulose material separated by a thin layer of transparent adhesive material, the said tube or cy inder being flattened so that a stri will be formed, one side of which will inclu e the single layer of material and the other side of which will include the triple layer of material, the inner walls of said tube or cylinder being substantially free of adhesive, so that when the tube or cylinder is flattened they may other.

readily slip relative to each Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 16th day of January A. D. 1931. AARON FREYDBERG. 

